Installing puppet and hiera
sudo rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6.4/products/x86_64/puppetlabs-release-6-11.noarch.rpm
sudo yum update -y
sudo yum -y install vim unzip rubygems puppet puppet-server hiera-puppet git
results in:
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package hiera-puppet.noarch 0:1.0.0-1.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
hiera-puppet noarch 1.0.0-1.el6 puppetlabs-products 14 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Total size: 14 k
Installed size: 14 k
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/bin/extlookup2hiera from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera/backend/puppet_backend.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera/scope.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera_puppet.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_array.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_hash.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_include.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch
The question is how to solve the install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.7.1-1.el6.noarch issue.
A comparable issue was found here. However, the solution i.e upgrading puppet from version 3.4.2 to 3.4.3 is not applicable to this issue.
Depending on your versions, you may receive an error, though
Error: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y install hiera-puppet' returned 1:
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/bin/extlookup2hiera from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera/backend/puppet_backend.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera/scope.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/hiera_puppet.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_array.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_hash.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/hiera_include.rb from install of hiera-puppet-1.0.0-1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from package puppet-3.4.3-1.el6.noarch
Error Summary
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That’s correct, there’s no Error Summary. This error appears to be because the hiera-puppet version has a conflict with puppet 3.4.2. Upgrading to 3.4.3 or higher resolved this issue.
